Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Despite the Congress’ decision to sever ties with the CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal and contest the forthcoming Assembly elections independently in all 294 constituencies, the Left Front will continue its understanding with the All India Secular Front (AISF) this time as well.Confirming this, CPI(M) state secretary in West Bengal and Politburo member Md Salim told mediapersons on Friday that the understanding with AISF is on and will continue in the Assembly polls …
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Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The Congress, on Thursday, officially announced that it will contest independently in all the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state scheduled this year, without going for any kind of seat-sharing arrangement either with the CPI(M)-led Left Front or the Trinamool Congress.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee in New Delhi on Thursday.The party’s representatives from West Bengal were the…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) A political slugfest has surfaced in West Bengal over the tension in Beldanga of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Saturday after the alleged murder of a migrant worker from the district in Jharkhand.While all the opposition parties in the state, including Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI(M) and Congress have lashed out against the Mamata government and described the developments as a total administrative collapse in the state, the Trinamool Congress termed it as a result o…
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Amid continuing tension at Beldanga in Murshidabad district of West Bengal since Friday morning, after the return of the body of a local migrant worker allegedly killed in neighbouring Jharkhand, Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee called up Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, seeking strong legal action against the alleged killers from that state.“Our general secretary spoke to the Jharkhand Chief Minister in the …
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) A majority of the Congress’ district leaderships in West Bengal are against any seat-sharing arrangement with any party for the 2026 Assembly elections in the state, party insiders said on Wednesday.Sources said the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) recently sought the opinion of district leaderships on the issue of alliance and seat-sharing, and most of them suggested that the party should contest the next Assembly polls on its own, irrespective of the outcom…
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The Indian National Congress (INC) leaders seem to be divided over their reactions to the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s simultaneous raid and search operations at the office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain at Loudon Street in Kolkata.The differences of opinion in the matter are especially evident in the divergent reactions to the matter by a national-level leader of the state and a state-level leader in W…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Former West Bengal Congress chief, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Tuesday met the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, at the latter’s residence and requested him to initiate action against the attacks on the Bengal-speakers migrant workers. After the meeting, Chowdhury told media persons that he met the Prime Minister to discuss the issue of the attack on Bengali-speaking migrant workers, especially in the BJP-ruled states.“I met the Prime Minister. I had come to New Delhi to a…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee (AICC), on Monday, approved the proposal for the constitution of the disciplinary action committee and the manifesto committee of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee. Incidentally, the former West Bengal Congress President and former five-time Lok Sabha MP, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had not been given any significant position in any of the two committees, except of a special invitee in the manifesto committee.The Chairman and the Vice-C…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The BJP on Monday accused the Trinamool Congress of playing politics over religious matters ahead of the Assembly elections, which are slated for next year. The reaction comes following Trinamool MLA Zakir Hussain’s announcement of constructing a Shri Krishna temple at an estimated cost of Rs one crore. Earlier, Trinamool’s another MLA, who has been suspended, announced and then went ahead with the construction of a Babri mosque, said to be a replica of the mosque in Ayo…